Seven years ago, I went back to work and it was in a little, small-town Rib joint. We had the best ribs I’d ever had in my life. Sadly, the place burnt down (leading me to my present place of employment). I have missed those, fall-of-the-bone ribs and have been very picky about ordering ribs in a restaurant.

Recently, a friend picked up, and slow roasted, four racks of ribs; they blew the rib joint’s right out of the water. I’d only ever purchased those precooked ribs and they were only ever “so-so”. I decided that I had to try my hand at real ones.

I rubbed down two racks with brown sugar, salt, pepper, paprika and a bit of cayenne. I then put the on a greased, foil lined sheet pan and tented the top. I let them roast for about two hours, then pulled the foil off and basted them with bbq sauce. They glazed over just right.